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SPOT FORECAST FOR COLD SPRING...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
741 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MOVING THROUGH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE A RESULT OF INSTABILITY
AND A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDS FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES
AND THEN TOWARD NORTHERN WISCONSIN. THE WINDS FIELDS ARE QUITE VARIABLE
WITH THE CONVECTION AND WINDS SPEEDS RANGING FROM CALM TO GUSTS IN THE MID
20 MPH RANGE. THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AFTER
12 NOON AND THEN NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE NOTED UP TO 10 MPH. HUMIDITY LEVELS
WILL BE RATHER HIGH APPROACHING 60 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........76 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH
                    5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-35200).

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....              S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
TEMP............72     76     76     75     70     62
RH..............64     54     52     52     59     78
20 FT WIND......N 3    NW 4   N 5    N 6    N 6    N 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5             10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1600-16500).

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...KRAUSE
REQUESTED BY...STEVE WILSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120503.COLDS.01/MPX